Pin-holder.



`PATENTED APRJZB, 1903.

` '0. R2 H. R. BROWN.

PIN HOLDER.

APPLIUATION FILED w16. 1902.

N0 MODEL.

WJTNESSES Attorney v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. BROWN-AND HENRY R. BROWN, OF GREENEVILLE, TENNESSEE.

"PIN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 726,252, dated April 28, 1903.

Application tiled-October 6, 1902- Serial No. 126,190. (No model.)

To all whom, it nto/,y con/cern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES F. BROWN and HENRY R. BROWN, residents of Greeneville, in the county of Greene and State of Tennessee, have invented certainvnew and useful Iinprovementsin Pin-Holders; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will .enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to an improvement in pin-holders, and more particularly to a combined pin holder, penholder, and paperweight, the object of the invention being to provide an improved pin-holder in which the pins in their p aper can be secured in the holder and a line of pin-heads be exposed to permit the pins to be readily removed without danger of pricking the lingers.

Vtith this object in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will bemore fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.`

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View illustrating our improvements. Fig. 2 is a View in cross-section, and Fig. 3 is a view showing the holder open.

Our improved holder comprises two sheetmetal plates l and2, the former bent longitudinally and at an approximately rightangle, forming the bottom and back of the holder. rlhe other plate or cover 2 is hinged to the bottoni at its forward edge by means of a pin or Wire'3 and is bent longitudinally near its hinged edge, as shown at 4, and projects toward the back, forming a slightly-inclined platform 5, and is again bent longitudinally, as shown at 6, forming a lip 7 against the back and terminating when the holder is closed parallel with the upper edge of the back, clamp: ing a row of pins between the same and back, which latter is provided with a spring-tongue 8 to spring over the cover 2 and hold it in its closed position, anda lug or linger-hold 9 is provided on the back near tongue 8 to facilitate the opening of the cover when desired. The inclined platform 5 serves as a pen rack or holder, and lugs 10 are ybent up from the platform near its forward edge to prevent the pens from rolling off the holder.

In operation'a paper of pins 1l is placed in the holder with one strip or le of pins, the heads of the pins-being uppermost, placed against the back. The cover 2 is now lclosed and locked vby spring-tongue 8, leaving the heads ofthe pins exposed and in position 'to be grasped and drawn-from the paper, and when one row or tile of pins has been removed this strip ot' paper is torn off and another le placed in position as before.

It will be seen that our improvements will also serve as a paper-weight, being conveniently moved, and will be a great convenience upon a desk or table, having the pins always ready for use and precluding possibility of pricking` the fingers in removing them.

A great many slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of ythe several parts described without departing from our invention, and hence we do not limit ourselves to the precise construction set forth, but consider ourselves at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within-the spirit and scope of our invention.

Havingfully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv

l. A pin-holder constructed to receive a a paper of pins and having means for holding a row of said pins exposed.

2. A pin-holder comprising two members movable relatively to each other and'consti- Vtoting a receptacle for a paper of pins, the

free edges of said members cooperating to hold a row of said pins exposed.

3. A pin holder comprising two plates hinged together and constituting a receptacle for a paper of pins and means for clamping a row of pins between the free edges of said plates.

4. A pin-holder comprising two bent plates hinged together, each plate having an upwardly-projecting member, the lower members of said plates cooperating to form a receptacle for apaperof pins and the upwardlyprojecting members cooperating to hold a row of said pins with their heads exposed.

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5. As a new article of manufacture, a pinholder, comprising two plates hinged together, a spring-tongue on one plate to clamp the other and hold the paper of pins between them exposing the heads of one row of pins.

6. As a new article of manufacture, a pinholder, comprising one plate bent at right angles, another plate hinged thereto and when folded forming a receptacle for a paper of pins, a spring-tongue on the upper edge of the first-mentioned plate to spring over the edge of the other plate and hold a row of pins in a vertical position with their heads exposed above the upper edges of said plates.

7. As a new article of manufacture, a pinholder comprising a plate bent at right angles and supporting a paper of pins against the same, a bent plate hinged to the rst-mentioned plate to inclose all but the heads of CHARLES F. BROWN. HENRY R. BROWN.

Witnesses:

W. D. Gool), R. A. CAVEN. 

